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BlueZones & Biophilia10.29.2018
Topics Outlined
• Impact of our environment on personal health• Benefits of nature on wellness• Community design with planning focus on resident health and
wellbeing through Blue Zones research and biophilic design
• Creating spaces that focus on vital outdoor rooms and spaces that blur the line between interior and exterior uses
• Creating outdoors spaces that promote biophilic design- the need for humans to heal with nature
• Wellness programs that utilize outdoor spaces
• Research by Dan Buettner through National Geographic
• What is causing them to live +100?
• Design to make it easy for people to make the healthy choices
• We implement Dan’s Blue Zone concepts and biophilic principles into our designs
• Design for Life on Purpose…
• Resulting in happier residents and communities
Rare hotspots of longevity around the world
What is a Blue Zone?
THE ORIGINAL BLUEZONES
• Barbagia region of Sardinia –Mountainous highlands of inner Sardinia with the world’s highest concentration of male centenarians.
• Ikaria, Greece – Aegean Island with one of the world’s lowest rates of middle age mortality and the lowest rates of dementia.
• Nicoya Peninsula, Costa Rica –World’s lowest rates of middle age mortality, second highest concentration of male centenarians.
• Seventh Day Adventists –Highest concentration is around Loma Linda, California. They live 10 years longer than their North American counterparts.
• Okinawa, Japan – Females over 70 are the longest-lived population in the world.
WWW. BLUEZONES.COM
MOVE NATURALLY
Constant movement
Environments that promote moving without thinking
How long do you sit during the day?
Healthcare, Fitbit and rewards
PURPOSE
What is YOUR motivation?What is your drive?What makes you feel needed?What is your purpose?Knowing this may increase your life expectancy by 7 years.
DOWNSHIFT
Stress can lead to chronic disease
Routines to relieve stress
Meditation
Appreciation
In the moment
80% RULE
I feel “Thanksgiving full!”
20% could be difference between losing weight or gaining it
Smallest meal in late afternoon
Early consumption
WINE AT 5
Moderate drinking (minus Adventists)
1-2 a day
Enjoy with friends and or food
BELONG
Faith-based communityAny denomination Services 4 x month=4-14 yrs
FAMILY FIRST
Aging parents and grandparents
Commitment to life partners
Invest in their children
RIGHT TRIBE
Does who you associate with define you?
Healthy behavior
Positive reinforcement
Smoking, obesity, happiness and loneliness are contagious
BIOPHILIAand DESIGN
BIOPHILIALove life
“Our passionate Love of life and all that is alive.” Erich Fromm
“…the connections that human beings subconsciously seek with the rest of life.”
E.O. Wilson
Research
• Stephen Kellert, 2008• Terrapin Bright Green
Biophilic Design Benefits
Mental Benefits
Emotional Benefits
Physical Benefits
Restorative viewsDr. Roger Ulrich, 1984
What does this mean?
Nature is powerful
Forest Bathing
• Shinrun yoku• Taking in the forest atmosphere• Japan• Dr. Qing Li• Prescribed nature as a medicine• Forest therapy walks
Key Principals
• Repeated engagement• Focus on human adaptations to nature world over evolution• Encourage an emotional attachment to settings and places• Promotes positive interaction between people and nature to encourage relationship and responsibility for human connection• Encourage mutual reinforcing
REPEATED CONTACT
Depends upon repeated and sustained engagement with nature
EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT
Fosters emotional attachmentsto settings and places
INTERDEPENDENCE
Fosters positive and sustained interactions and relationships among people and the natural
environment.
INTEGRATED ARCHITECTURE
Reinforces and integrates design interventions that connect with the
overall setting or space.
STRATEGIESOf Biophilic Design
Visual or literal• Light• Air• Water• Plants• Animals• Weather
DIRECT EXPERIENCE WITH NATURE
Nature in the Space
• Naturalistic Shapes and Forms
• Evoking Nature• Information Richness• Age, Change, and the Patina
of Time• Natural Geometries• Biomimicry
INDIRECT EXPERIENCE OF NATURE
• Images of Nature• Natural Materials• Natural Colors• Mobility and Wayfinding• Cultural and Ecological Attachment to Place• Simulating Natural Light and Air
INDIRECT EXPERIENCE OF NATURE
• Prospect and refuge• Eco attachment to space• Organized Complexity
EXPERIENCE OF SPACE
Patterns developed by Terrapin Bright Green provide flexibility for designers to meet individual program needs on a per project basis.
Every project is the same right?
The link between Blue Zones and Biophilic
Design
• NATURE IS KEY
• The presence of biophilic design implementations enables spaces that humans can successfully and unintentionally or intentionally practice the Power of 9.
INCORPORATIONOf Biophilic Design and Blue Zones Philosophy
LINKING SPACES TO CREATE MEANINGFUL
GREENSPACES • Adopt a new consciousness toward
nature• Recognize how much our physical
and mental wellbeing relies on the quality of our environment
• Fluid connection visually and programmatically between interior and exterior
• User needs• Repetitive use• Intergenerational
CONNECTIONS WITH NATURE
Quiet Reflection
Passive Interaction
Active Interaction
EXPERIENCE A SPACE THROUGH BIOPHILIC artFramework for relating human experiences with nature
ART AND NATURE
EXPERIENCE A SPACE THROUGH BIOPHILIC
lighting
• Framework for relating human experiences with nature
Tunable light
Reflection of nature in lighting
EXPERIENCE A SPACE THROUGH BIOPHILIC Accessories and Surfaces
Framework for relating human
experiences with nature
Biophilic design aims to raise our awareness of our relationship with the natural environment. It becomes a perfect platform for conversation, education, and positive change. Through the arrangement of vignettes and applying natural elements to the surroundings those who live in these spaces may experience flowing interaction and sharing.
Connections to Nature
A DestinationNatural Color Schemes and Textures
EXPERIENCE A SPACE THROUGH BIOPHILIC FurnitureFramework for relating human experiences and spiritual connections with nature
A Destination
At present, designers have the ability to influence our health and well being, with our homes, workplaces, and urban settings which assists those who live in these spaces to make better life choices!